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structed to ask for $1,000, all disburse- 

 ments to be made upon proper vouchers. 



At this time Messrs. W. F. Clarke and 

 Frank Benton were made honorary 

 members. 



Rearing: Queen-Cells. 



J. A. Green had used the Doolittle 

 method of rearing queen-cells, and 

 secured most excellent queens. He had 

 tried the Alley plan, and did not get 

 quite so nice queens. 



Marking of the Carniolans. 



Frank Benton said that in Carniola 

 the pure Carniolans were a dark, steel- 

 gray color with a white or whitish ring 

 at the lower edge of each segment. The 

 bees are rather larger than the blacks 

 or Italians. The queens are of a dark, 

 copper color. There may be other 

 markings, but they are exceptional. The 

 dark Carniolans are more gentle than 

 those having a dash of yellow blood in 

 their veins. Irascibility is a sign of im- 

 purity. He did not think them any bet- 

 ter workers than the Italians, but they 

 were more prolific. He preferred Car- 

 niolans in their purity, but if compelled 

 to choose a cross, he would have Carnio- 

 lan blood as one of the factors. He pre- 

 ferred it to Italian blood. 



At this stage of the proceedings, 

 Thomas G. Newman, George W. York, 

 President Hambaugh and Secretary 

 Stone were appointed a committee to 

 present to the committee from the State 

 Board the resolutions that the commit- 

 tee had prepared in regard to what was 

 wanted in the way of an appropriation 

 to enable the society to make an apiar- 

 ian exhibit at the Columbian Exposition. 

 This committee was given full power to 

 act. 



This really ended the World's Fair 

 business, and what little time remained 

 was devoted to the discussion of some of 

 the queries that had accumulated. The 

 first one asked was, 



What is the Average Weight of an 

 Average Colony on Nov. 1 ? 



W. Z. Hutchinson thought it about 4 

 pounds. J. H. Larrabee had been 

 weighing some average colonies in eight- 

 frame Langstroth hives, and some of 

 them weighed as much as 8 pounds. He 

 placed the weight at 6 pounds. J. A. 

 Green said 3 pounds. Mr. Hambaugh 

 said 4. Mr. Benton said 8. Secretary 

 Stone had once wintered 2 colonies in 

 the cellar when each colony weighed 



only 5 pounds, as the weight of bees, 

 honey and combs. 



Large Colonies — Are they Desirable P 



J. H. Larrabee had tried wintering 

 extra-large colonies, and they did not 

 seem to do so well. 



President Hambaugh preferred large 

 colonies wintered out-of-doors, with sub- 

 stantial protection. 



W. F. Clarke said that strong colonies 

 were much more able to successfully 

 combat foul brood. 



J. A. Green said that a good honey- 

 flow often helped to cure foul brood. 

 Sometimes it seemed as though it was a 

 cure of itself. 



Bee-Keepers Recognized by the Gov- 

 ernment. 



Mr. Thomas G. Newman called atten- 

 tion to the tact that the Government had 

 sent Mr. Frank Benton to this meeting 

 of bee-keepers. The Government had 

 thus recognized bee-keepers, and he 

 offered the following resolutions, which 

 were adopted unanimously : 



Whereas, The United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture at Washington, D. 

 C, having shown in a measure its recog- 

 nition of our industry by instituting cer- 

 tain experimental work in apiculture, 

 under the Division of Entomology, and 

 also by sending the Apiarist of the De- 

 partment, Mr. Frank Benton, as a dele- 

 gate to this convention ; and 



Whereas, Desiring to express our 

 great appreciation of this recognition of 

 the industry which we represent, and of 

 the courtesy which has thus been shown 

 to us, be it therefore 



Resolved, That our thanks are hereby 

 tendered to Secretary Rusk, Assistant 

 Secretary Willits, and to Dr. Riley, 

 Chief of the Division of Entomology, for 

 their action in the matter ; and 



Resolved, That we formally and earn- 

 estly request a continued representation 

 of apiculture at the Department ; and 



Resolved, That our thanks be tendered 

 Mr. Frank Benton for his assistance and 

 interest in our proceedings ; and 



Resolved, That the Secretary of the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 transmit copies of these resolutions to 

 Secretary Rusk, Assistant Secretary 

 Willits, and to Dr. Riley. 



Mr. Benton said that he had been 

 asked to write an essay on "Modern 

 Bee-Keeping in Europe." He had rub- 

 bed the propolis off his hands, but as he 

 started in, the old memories came 



